Improving Declassification - Federation of American

IMPROVING DECLASSIFICATION AREPORT TO THE PRESIDENT FROM THE PUBLIC INTEREST DECLASSIFICATION BOARD D E C E M B E R 2 0 0 7 “A popular Government, without popular information or the means of acquiring it, is but a Prologue to a Farce or a Tragedy; or perhaps both. Knowledge will forever govern ignorance; And a people who mean to be their own Governors, must arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives.” James Madison to W.T. Barry August 4, 1822